The Beautiful Choreography of Dancing Drone Lamps
Cirque du Soleil partnered with ETH Zurich and Verity Studios to produce SPARKED, “a short film featuring 10 quadcopters in a flying dance performance.”
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From World’s Fair to Maker Faire: Isaac Asimov
Warning: this blog post is more thinky-thoughts than usual. Earlier this year, the internet discovered a 50 year old list of predictions made by Isaac Asimov about life in 2014. Asimov wrote these predictions for the New York Times after he visited the 1964 World’s Fair in that August, and saw various corporate and governmental […]
3D Printed Rockets Launched at NASA Goddard (Video)
GREENBELT, MD — On September 7, 2014, the Nova Labs Rocketry Group had its first launch at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center – Visitor Center. Led by member Samer Najia, the outing featured 20 rockets, many designed by kids at Nova Labs. Designs were also printed from 3D models of real rockets that were recently released by […]
Laser Cut Room Divider
Recently, the folks at Trotec laser moved into a new larger office. This is generally a good sign for a business, but unfortunately there wasn’t a good area for guests to wait in, just a large open hallway. Marketing specialist Kristina decided to take matters into her own hands and make one herself. This was […]
3D Printing Optical Lenses With Formlabs
Many people debate the pros and cons of the different printing technologies out there. There are FFD printers (anything with a filament), SLA (resin based printers), and SLS (powders melted by lasers). Each has its strong points and weak points varying from cost to functional features. This latest project at Formlabs really opens up an […]
Hedgehog Craft Roundup
Celebrating the cuteness of the humble hedgehog through crafts!
Hand Painted Signs
When you see signs today, you probably assume that someone has designed it and through some electromechanical means it was reproduced onto the billboard, automobile, or the sign that the guy on the sidewalk is waving. Most of the time that’s true, but as seen in the video below, humans, or at least Dan Madsen […]